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The National Museum (NM) Davao Regional Museum, also known as the National Museum of the Philippines - Davao, is a museum in Davao City, Philippines.It is the 17th regional museum of the National Museum of the Philippines and the 4th regional museum in Mindanao (after Butuan, Zamboanga, and Sulu).
The Maitum Archaeological Project of the National Museum team formally started on November 6, 1991. Ayub Cave, now referred to as Pinol Cave, is a Miocene limestone formation located approximately 1,000 meters due south of the Mindanao shoreline with an elevation of 6 meters.
Illustration of Zamboanga and Fort Pilar, detail from the Carta Hydrographica y Chorographica de las Yslas Filipinas, 1734. In 1635, upon the requests of the Jesuit missionaries and Bishop Fray Pedro of Cebu, the Spanish governor of the Philippines Juan Cerezo de Salamanca (1633–1635) approved the building of a stone fort in defense against pirates and raiders of the sultans of Mindanao and ...
The museum seek to preserve folk art of the Moro and Lumad people of Mindanao, Sulu archipelago and Palawan. The Aga Khan Museum features implements used in combat during the Moro wars against the Spanish and Americans such as the lantaka, kris, and kampilan.
Casa Santa Museum: Antipolo, Rizal: Expo Pilipino: Angeles City: Open-air museum built for the 1998 Philippine Centennial Exposition Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar: Bagac, Bataan: Open-air museum of Filipino cultural history Clark Museum and 4D Theater: Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga: Modern museum with 4D Theater highlighting history of Clark ...
The Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art (ILOMOCA) is an art museum in Iloilo City, Philippines.It is the first museum in the Visayas and Mindanao dedicated to modern art.. The museum is housed at the Casa de Emperador (Emperor's House) beside the Brandy Museum, the country's first brandy museum, [1] by Emperador brandy in the real estate giant Megaworld's Iloilo Business Park township in ...
The Agusan image (commonly referred to in the Philippines as the Golden Tara in allusion to its supposed, but disputed, [1] identity as an image of a Buddhist Tara) is a 2 kg (4.4 lb), [2] 21-karat gold statuette, found in 1917 on the banks of the Wawa River near Esperanza, Agusan del Sur, Mindanao in the Philippines, [3] dating to the 9th–10th centuries.
The Government Museum Complex in Chennai, which also houses the National Art Gallery and the Connemara Public Library. A national museum can be a museum maintained and funded by a national government. [1] In many countries it denotes a museum run by the central government, while other museums are run by regional or local governments. [2]